Buying a Timor coffee at this moment
in history means making a small but valuable gesture
of support for one of the many people caught up in political
conflict. Small-holder, wet processed coffee. Certified
organic, full, round, smooth, sweet, and deliciously
cocoa-toned. Our best Indonesian style coffee.
$9.75
per Pound
Organic
Sumatra Mandheling
Big, bold, and not very
subtle. Like other Sumatras, this is a very full-bodied
coffee with convincing herbal and spice notes in the
nose that provide an outline for the cup. Rich and slightly
smoky, with a penetrating caramel sweetness, low acidity,
and a just a touch of earthiness for good measure.
$9.75
per Pound
Organic
New Guinea
Tribal Aromas
Certified organic,
single estate, from the eastern highlands of the Island
of New Guinea, displaying the authority of a high grown
coffee together with the transparency of a carefully
wet-processed coffee while retaining the fragrant, luxuriousness
of a Indonesian coffee. Light roasted, nutty, and smooth!
$9.75
per Pound
TIMOR Timor is a do-good,
feel-good coffee that is becoming taste-good as well.East
Timor coffees are grown without chemicals, and are
internationally certified as organic. The beans are
wet-processed at recently established wet mills or
washing stations. Their taste is low-key, sweet, with
a musty pungency that can range from soft and intriguing
to hard and oppressive. and at best the cleanest-tasting
can be extraordinary: full, round, smooth, sweet,
and deliciously cocoa-toned.
SUMATRA Sumatra is one of the
great romance coffees of the world. When it is at
its best the coffee itself suggests intrigue, with
its complexity, its weight without heaviness, and
an acidity that resonated seep inside the heart of
the coffee, enveloped in richness, rather than confronting
the palate the moment we lift the cup. This praise
applies mainly to the finest of the traditional arabica
coffees of northern Sumatra, the best of those sold
under the names Lintong and Mandheling. grown without
shade, without chemicals and almost entirely by small
holders.
NEW
GUINEA New Guinea coffees come
in two versions: estate coffees that have been meticulously
wet-processed in large-scale facilities and small-holder,
peasant coffees that usually are wet-processed by
the farmers using the simplest of backyard methods.
Depending on year and harvest, coffees range from
pleasant to splendid, and at best displaying the authority
of a high-grown coffee together with the transparency
of a carefully wet-processed coffee while retaining
the fragrant, low-key luxuriousness.
